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Author Thomas, Philip S. (Philip Strephon), 1973- author

Title In a vision of the night : Job, Cormac McCarthy, and the challenge of chaos / Philip S. Thomas
Published Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages)
Contents Introduction: True Words in Literature -- 1. Of Darkness and Definition : Not the Why but the How -- 2. The Fruitlessness of Philosophical Theodicy : An Untamable God -- 3. The Decentering of the Human Subject : Anthropocentric Impotence -- 4. The Looming Threat of Chaos : An Unpredictable Creation -- 5. The Possibility of Hope : Between the Idealized and the Real -- 6. Of Theodicy and Transformation : McCarthy as Theologian
Summary "Employs a thematic reading of Cormac McCarthy's works to explore themes of creation, chaos, purpose, and theodicy in the book of Job"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 14, 2021)
Subject McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023
SUBJECT McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 fast
Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Job fast
Subject Hope.
Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Intertextuality.
Hope
Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Intertextuality
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021022757
ISBN 9781481316002
1481316001
9781481316019
148131601X